How to Import Images

If you have images ready for your storyboard, you can import them into your Storyboard Pro project. Images can be imported either as new scenes in your project, or as new layers in a panel. You can import one or several images at the same time.

NOTE It is also possible to import images as video clips—see How to Import Videos.
  1. Select File > Import > Images as Scenes.

The Choose Image Files browser opens.

  1. Browse to the desired images, select one or more images, and click Open.

A new scene is created at the end of your project for each one of the imported images.

  1. In the Thumbnails or Timeline view, select the panel to which you want to import images.
  1. In the top menu, select File > Import > Images as Layers.

The Choose Image Files dialog box opens.

  1. Browse to the directory containing the images to import.

  2. Select the images to import.

    TIP

    You can select multiple files by doing one of the following:

    • While pressing Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ (macOS), click on each file you want to select.
    • While pressing Shift, click on the first file you want to select, then one the last file you want to select to select every file in-between.

  3. Click Open.

  4. If you selected a Photoshop Document (.psd) file with multiple layers, a message will appear giving you the option to import each layer separately.

    • Click Yes to import each layer in the document as its own layer in the panel.
    • Click No to import the entire document as a single layer in the panel.

    A layer is created in your panel, containing the imported image. If you selected more than one image, each image will be imported into its own layer, in alphanumerical order.

  1. Open an Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS) window.
  2. Browse to the location of the images you want to import.

  3. Select all the images you want to import.

    TIP

    You can select multiple files by doing one of the following:

    • While pressing Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ (macOS), click on each file you want to select.
    • While pressing Shift, click on the first file you want to select, then one the last file you want to select to select every file in-between.
  4. Make sure that both the Storyboard Pro window and the Explorer or Finder window are visible.
  1. In the Thumbnails or Timeline view, do at least one of the following:
    • Select the panel to which you want to import images.
    • Scroll to the panel to which you want to import images.
  2. In the Explorer or Finder window, click and drag on one of the selected files, then:
    • To import the images into the current panel, drop the selected files in the Stage View, the Camera View or the Layers view.

    • To import the images into any other panel, drop the selected files over the target panel in the Thumbnails or Timeline view.

      NOTE The thumbnail for the target panel may take a few seconds to update.

    The image will be imported into a layer in the target panel, on top of all the other layers in that panel.